5 reasons why Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers are the Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi of the cricketing world

2) Record-breakers

These superstars have shattered the record books with their amazing displays

The quartet break records game after game and make the jobs of statisticians quite tough. They keep churning out unbelievable performances and rewrite the record books day in and day out. Let’s look at some of the unbelievable records that these four phenomenal gentlemen currently hold.

They have broken multiple records and we have picked 5 of them to prove their supremacy.

In Cricket

5 cricket records that De Villiers and Kohli hold now

Record	Player
Fastest 50, 100 and 150 in ODIs	AB de Villiers
Most ICC ODI player of the year awards	AB de Villiers
Fastest to reach 8000 runs in ODIs	AB de Villiers
Fastest to reach 6000 and 7000 runs in ODIs	Virat Kohli
Highest runs in a T20 tournament	Virat Kohli

In Football

5 football records that Messi and Ronaldo hold now

Record	Player
Ballon d’Or awards (5)	Lionel Messi
Fastest to reach 300 goals in Europe’s top 5 leagues	Lionel Messi
Youngest player to reach 250 league goals	Lionel Messi
Highest number of goals in a single Champions League season	Cristiano Ronaldo
Fastest to reach 200 goals in La Liga	Cristiano Ronaldo

And there are plenty more. These four have shattered a lot of records and they are poised to break even more as they venture ahead in their respective careers. In cricket, Kohli and De Villiers have been able to constantly rewrite the record books and in this aspect these two can be termed the Ronaldo-Messi of cricket.